PHP Developer

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Backend Team Lead to architect and deliver robust, scalable systems while mentoring a team of developers. The ideal candidate will bridge strategic technical vision with practical execution, ensuring high-quality solutions aligned closely with business objectives and technology best practices.

Responsibilities:

●      Architect, design and deliver mission-critical modules end-to-end

●      Write production-grade code daily; lead reviews, debugging, refactoring

●      Embed TDD, CI/CD, design principles, and engineering best practices

●      Develop high-performance, scalable backend systems that power global products

●      Partner with Team Lead, PMs, QA, and product designers to define and execute features

Criteria:

●      6+ years of backend development experience; 2+ years in technical leadership

●      Experience in leading a team of atleast 3-4 engineers

Preferred Skills:

●      Extensive experience with Laravel, Node.js, Python, MySQL, MongoDB

●      Passionate about writing clean, testable, modular code using design patterns

●      Solid understanding and experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS (ECS, Aurora, Lambda, S3, CloudFront etc), including scaling, and security best practices.

●      Demonstrated expertise in building and maintaining systems using a microservices architecture, with an emphasis on scalability, reliability, and maintainability.

●      Familiarity and practical experience with asynchronous communication between microservices using tools like Kafka etc, event-driven architectures, and messaging patterns at scale.

●      Proven capability in designing inter-service communication protocols to optimize system performance, resilience, and latency under heavy loads.

●      Startup exposure—comfortable with ambiguity, learning quickly, pivoting often

●      Excellent communicator, collaborator, and mentor

What we offer:

●      An exceptional team: Our hiring bar is high and your colleagues are talented, motivated self-starters.

●      A learning environment: We are a learning organization and as a team we will help you grow and encourage you to learn and upgrade your skills.

●      Outstanding compensation: top talent deserves top pay and our salary, equity and benefits reflect this.

●      Opportunities to grow: Encourages you to attend technical conferences and take company funded educational courses to advance your skills.

●      An opportunity to be a key member of a well-capitalized leading brand in online real estate investing platform.

 We are currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced PHP Developer to join our talented team. As a PHP Developer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining our web-based applications and websites. Your expertise in PHP programming, along with your in-depth knowledge of GIT, MYSQL, and Redis, will be essential in ensuring the success of our projects.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with the development team to design and implement robust and scalable PHP-based applications.

- Utilize GIT for version control, ensuring smooth collaboration and efficient code management.

- Work with relational databases, primarily MYSQL, to handle data storage and retrieval effectively.

- Implement Redis for caching and improving application performance.

- Collaborate with front-end developers, leveraging your basic knowledge of HTML and CSS to integrate the back-end functionalities seamlessly.

- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code that follows best practices and coding standards.

- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in existing PHP applications, ensuring optimal performance and functionality.

- Stay up-to-date with the latest PHP trends, tools, and technologies to continuously improve development processes.

Requirements:

- 3 to 8 years of professional experience as a PHP Developer.

-Strong Knowledge in Core PHP is mandatory

- Proven expertise in PHP programming, with a strong portfolio showcasing your previous work.

- Solid understanding and experience with GIT for version control.

- Proficiency in working with MYSQL and handling complex database queries.

- Familiarity with Redis for caching and performance optimization.

- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS for seamless collaboration with front-end developers.

- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work with cross-functional teams.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (preferred but not mandatory).

We are looking for a team member to join us as PHP Developer.

Urja Communications is a Digital Advertising and Communications agency with one important difference…We keep our focus on solving business problems.  

Expert at turning designs into efficient, usable interfaces using

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

Expert with responsive design/development and mobile-web best practices

Expertise in PHP development with WordPress, Shopify

Expertise in integrations using the REST platform

Experience with CMS plugin and theme development

Experience with cross-browser testing

Experience with My SQL

Pluses – Knowledge of Angular, Node JS and Reactjs

Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and sprints

Integration of user-facing elements developed by front-end developers

Build efficient, testable, and reusable PHP modules.

Ability to project manage.

Good problem-solving skills.

Work from office only.

NOTE:- WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN IMMEDIATE JOINER.

Java Developers (4-5 positions)

What qualities are we looking for?

• 3 – 8 years of experience in building web applications
• Excellent command over Data Structures & Algorithms
• Exceptional coding skills in an Object-Oriented programming language (Java)
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

Technical Requirements:

• Working experience on JAVA, Spring Boot. (building web services)
• Working experience in building microservices and distributed systems.
• Working experience on using messaging queues RabbitMQ/Kafka is a plus.
• Knowledge of multiple front-end languages and libraries (e.g. HTML/ CSS, JavaScript, XML, jQuery,  Angular 5+)
• Excellent knowledge and programming skills in data structures, algorithms.
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, MongoDB)
• Proficiency with Git

What are we looking for? :

- Experience of upto 3 years in PHP or other backend programming languages.

- Understanding of MVC structures, OOPs concepts and Frameworks.

- Experience working with Linux, Nginx or Apache and Git, REST APIs.

- Experience with Third party API integrations and using various vendor libraries.

- Have knowledge of Database schemas, structures and migrations.

- Experience in Laravel would be a huge plus.

What you will be doing?:

- Collaborate with team members and solve new challenges through tech and research.

- Take end-to-end ownership of delivering new modules - analyze customer usage & feedback, review business requirements, develop functionalities and test code.

- Write clean readable code and also follow best practices for efficiency and performance.

- Self learn and work independently, Also collaborate with the team when required.

- Communicate constructively and value user experience and feedback.

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What can you expect to learn?:

- Exposure to latest web technologies and frameworks like Angular, Laravel, PHP, Magento, PWAs, REST APIs, Elastic search and Web services.

- Develop custom functionalities and modules in Laravel to implement business ideas and user requirements.

- Best coding practices and various methodologies to optimize performance and produce the best quality product. Various caching techniques and optimization standards.

- Microservices architecture and Scalability using cloud services, Automation of manual tasks using linux and shell scripting, Data migrations, SQL and Version control tools like bitbucket.

Perks : 

- Competitive salary

- Flexible work hours

- No dress code

- Group outings

- Supportive work culture